eBay's Shares Changing Hands at Lower Prices on 2.4x Above-Average Volume (EBAY)Financial News Network OnlineShares of eBay are trading today in above average volume, with the share price falling 3.6% to $30.20. Today's volume of 21.7 million shares tops the average 30-day volume of 9.0 million shares. Unusually high volume …
Read More »Unwanted Gifts? Try eBay Instant Sale
NEW YORK (MainStreet) — If you’re stuck with an unwanted Christmas present of the electronic variety but don’t have a receipt, you may have more options than you think. Online auction giant eBay has a site dedicated to buying electronic gadgets from consumers directly without a receipt, and will even …
Read More »AutoNation, EBay, First Solar, Ford, GM: US Equity Movers – BusinessWeek
AutoNation, EBay, First Solar, Ford, GM: US Equity MoversBusinessWeekEBay Inc. (EBAY US) fell 3.6 percent to $30.22 after sinking as much as 5.7 percent, the most intraday since Oct. 20. Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO US) said it hired Scott Thompson of EBay's PayPal business as its chief executive officer. …Acme Packet, …
Read More »Yahoo swipes PayPal exec; EBay boss John Donahoe to run unit
PayPal president Scott Thompson’s departure to run Yahoo took a lot of people by surprise (although not Kara Swisher, natch). That includes EBay’s chief executive, John Donahoe. Donahoe dispatched an email to PayPal employees Wednesday morning, saying Thompson told him… More: continued here
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Powell got post office in 1857ThisWeekNewsBy Carole Wilhelm I hope everyone living in this area knows that Powell was named for Judge Thomas Powell of Delaware, who was successful in getting the town's first post office in 1857. The Powell Post Office file at the Powell Liberty Historical … More: …
Read More »EBay shares fall on word PayPal chief is leaving
Shares of eBay Inc. fell Wednesday after the president of its PayPal business, Scott Thompson, was named CEO of struggling Internet company Yahoo Inc.THE SPARK: Thompson starts at Yahoo on Jan. 9, replacing … More: continued here
Read More »Yahoo’s Gain Is eBay’s Loss
As John Donahoe, eBay’s chief executive, put it last October, “PayPal’s target market is all of e-commerce,” whereas, “eBay is just one merchant.” Mr. Donahoe said he would serve as interim president of PayPal until the parent company could find a replacement. More: continued here
Read More »Yahoo’s Gain Is eBay’s Loss – New York Times (blog)
Moneycontrol.com Yahoo's Gain Is eBay's LossNew York Times (blog)By NICOLE PERLROTH | January 4, 2012, 2:30 pm PayPal has been eBay's main growth driver since Mr. Thompson took PayPal's helm in 2008. Under his leadership, PayPal expanded its user base to 104 million active users from 50 million, increased its …
Read More »More Royal Mail services to become subject to VAT in April 2012 – TameBay
More Royal Mail services to become subject to VAT in April 2012TameBayby Dan Wilson The price of using numerous Royal Mail services will rise in April 2012 when changes to the VAT law come into effect. Some Royal Mail services became subject to VAT in 2011, but from April all …
Read More »Dow average ekes out a 21-point advance a day after big rally; a strong … – Washington Post
Dow average ekes out a 21-point advance a day after big rally; a strong …Washington PostYahoo Inc. fell 3.1 percent after the company named Scott Thompson, president of eBay Inc.'s PayPal division, as CEO — its fourth in five years. Yahoo has been without a permanent CEO since firing Carol …
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